Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks at an interview with various other participants of House Republican management in Washington, DC on March 4, 2025.
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Hayden Haynes, the principal of team to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La, and among one of the most effective assistants on Capitol Hill, was jailed early Wednesday early morning for inebriated driving after his auto struck a Capitol lorry, 2 police resources informed NBCNews Johnson’s workplace additionally verified the case.
One of the resources informed NBC News that a cops record showed that Haynes struck a Capitol lorry around twelve o’clock at night and was jailed and launched with a citation to show up in court. The apprehension followed President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday evening, when Johnson commanded the House flooring and rested simply behind Trump’s left shoulder.
“A driver backed into a parked vehicle last night around 11:40 p.m.,” the UNITED STATE Capitol Police stated in a declaration to NBCNews “We responded and arrested them for DUI.”
Haynes is a relied on and long time assistant toJohnson He has actually acted as principal of team in the audio speaker’s workplace because Johnson won the leading work in the House in October 2023. Before that Haynes acted as principal of team to Johnson in his individual workplace from 2017 to 2023. He additionally had actually operated in different functions for previousSen David Vitter, one more Louisiana Republican, from 2009 to 2016.
“The Speaker is aware of the encounter that occurred last night involving his Chief of Staff and the Capitol Police,” Johnson spokeperson Taylor Haulsee stated in a declaration to NBCNews “The Speaker has known and worked closely with Hayden for nearly a decade and trusted him to serve as his Chief of Staff for his entire tenure in Congress. Because of this and Hayden’s esteemed reputation among Members and staff alike, the Speaker has full faith and confidence in Hayden’s ability to lead the Speaker’s office.”
While most criminal activities in Washington are prosecuted by the united state Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, DUI offenses are prosecuted by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General, a workplace headed by D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb.
The difference can be significant, due to the fact that the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin is a traditional protestor with connections to Republicans onCapitol Hill Martin, whom Trump wants to be the city’s chief federal prosecutor on a permanent basis, was provided accessibility to Capitol Police video fromJan 6, which Martin utilized to spread out conspiracy theory concepts regarding the Capitol strike. Schwalb’s workplace did not promptly react to an ask for remark.
Last month, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington sent out an apprehension warrant forRep Cory Mills, R-Fla, however Martin’s office did not sign off Mills had actually been checked out over a supposed attack in an apartment, and Mills stated authorities had actually assisted “resolve a private matter.”
